It is a tragic irony that the brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces, who frequently sacrifice their lives in the defense of liberty and the United States Constitution, sometimes fall victim to the corruption embodied in the phrase, “rules for thee but not for me.” Such was the case with Sgt. Derrick Miller in 2010, a U.S. Army National Guardsman on his third tour of duty. During a mission inside Taliban-controlled territory in Afghanistan, he questioned an Afghan local suspected of spying on their operations. The man tried to seize the sergeant’s gun, and in the scuffle, Miller was forced to shoot and kill him in self-defense. Miller’s platoon leader, Sgt. 1st. Class Jason Tinelle, stated that Miller’s quick actions prevented a “mass casualty situation” by alerting the troops in advance to an attack that happened shortly afterward. However, what could have viewed as a straightforward …